[Paris, n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving, 90 x 140mm (3½ x 5½"), set in letterpress.
An engraved caprice chapter heading from the Comte de Buffon's 36-volume 'Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière', with stylised depictions of a zebra, a hippo, porcupine and other animals, being managed by two putti. The text describes the zebra.
[Ref: 41268]  £45.00